Last week, I was driving my Suburu when the check engine light came on. Since the auto shop we use is close to Jack’s work, he took it in for me on Monday. I kept my fingers crossed that the repair wouldn’t be too expensive.
The result? I didn’t fasten the gas cap securely the last time I filled the tank, causing a sensor to detect that the vacuum that should have been there wasn’t. The shop charged us $0 for this information. So, if your check engine light comes on in your Suburu, check your gas cap. It can’t hurt.
Day: September 23, 2004
Fox Run Park
For years I’ve been driving by the entrances to Fox Run Park, which is about five miles due east of where I live, thinking that I ought to check it out one day. I stopped this afternoon, and found a little gem of a park. In this photo, Pikes Peak is framed by trees across an expanse of ornamental water. Along the trail I walked, the trees have been thinned so that the woods seem spacious with very little understory. Since the main species is Ponderosa pine, there is a very faint smell of vanilla, unlike the strong pine scents of the forests I remember from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.